Alootook Ipellie was born in 1951 in Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for
Legends and Life of the Inuit (1978),
Trial at Fortitude Bay (1994) and
The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973). He died on September 8, 2007 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.